Niemeyer

Prof. Dr.
Charlotte M. Niemeyer
Department of Pediatric Hematology and OncologyMedical Director
Phone: 0049-761-270-45060
charlotte.niemeyer@uniklinik-freiburg.de
www.uniklinik-freiburg.de/paed-haematologie
CV
- 1973-1980 Medical School in Kiel, Nottingham (GB), Freiburg
- 1980-1983 Resident in Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital Kiel
- 1983-1988 Fellow in Medicine/ Instructor (Hematology/Oncology), Children’s Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
- 1988-1990 Senior Lecturer in Pediatrics, Medical School Hannover
- Since 1990 Senior Physician, since 2001 Full Professor (C3) and Medical Director, Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Medical Center Freiburg – University of Freiburg
Focus of research
- Inherited and acquired bone marrow failure disorders
- Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia (JMML) and other rare myeloproliferative neoplasia in chidlhood
- Myelodysplastic syndrome and secondary leukemia in children and adolescents
Selected publications
- Wlodarski MW, ... Niemeyer CM. Prevalence, clinical characteristics, and prognosis of GATA2-related myelodysplastic syndromes in children and adolescents. Blood. 2016; 127(11):1387-1397.
- Strahm B, ... Niemeyer CM, Locatelli F. EWOG-MDS Study Group. Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for advanced myelodysplastic syndrome in children: results of the EWOG-MDS 98 study. Leukemia. 2011; 25(3):455-462.
- Niemeyer CM et al. Germline CBL mutations cause developmental abnormalities and predispose to juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia. Nat Genet. 2010; 42(9):794-800.
- Tartaglia M, Niemeyer CM, ... Gelb BD. Somatic mutations in PTPN11 in juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia, myelodysplastic syndromes and acute myeloid leukemia. Nat Genet. 2003; 34(2):148-50.
Research methods
- Sequencing platform Illumina Miseq (120k)